List of NCAA National Champions

The first NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament took place in 1939, featuring 8 teams playing in single-elimination format and culminating in the Oregon Ducks defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes 46-33 to win the NCAA National Championship. The NCAA Tournament has grown in size considerably since then, first expanding to 16 teams in 1951, 32 teams in 1975, 64 teams in 1985 and the current 68-team field in 2011 (with some additional changes along the way). The Tournament is now known as the Big Dance or March Madness, with most games taking place in March and the Final Four & National Title games usually falling in early April. See also: NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (MOP)

Below is a list of NCAA National Champions, Runners-Up, Final Four participants and the coaches for each team:

Year	National Champion / Coach	Runner-Up / Coach	Final Four / Coaches
1939	Oregon Ducks	Ohio State Buckeyes	Oklahoma Sooners	Villanova Wildcats
	Howard Hobson	Harold Olsen	Bruce Drake	Alex Severance
1940	Indiana Hoosiers	Kansas Jayhawks	Duquesne Dukes	USC Trojans
	Branch McCracken	Phog Allen	Chick Davies	Sam Barry
1941	Wisconsin Badgers	Washington State Cougars	Pittsburgh Panthers	Arkansas Razorbacks
	Bud Foster	Jack Friel	Doc Carlson	Glen Rose
1942	Stanford Cardinal	Dartmouth Big Green	Kentucky Wildcats	Colorado Buffaloes
	Everett Dean	Ozzie Cowles	Adolph Rupp	Frosty Cox
1943	Wyoming Cowboys	Georgetown Hoyas	DePaul Blue Demons	Texas Longhorns
	Everett Shelton	Elmer Ripley	Ray Meyer	Bully Gilstrap
1944	Utah Utes	Dartmouth Big Green	Ohio State Buckeyes	Iowa State Cyclones
	Vadal Peterson	Earl Brown	Harold Olsen	Louis Menze
1945	Oklahoma A&M Aggies	NYU Violets	Ohio State Buckeyes	Arkansas Razorbacks
	Henry Iba	Howard Cann	Harold Olsen	Eugene Lambert
1946	Oklahoma A&M Aggies (2)	North Carolina Tar Heels	Ohio State Buckeyes	California Golden Bears
	Henry Iba (2)	Ben Carnevale	Harold Olsen	Nibs Price
1947	Holy Cross Crusaders	Oklahoma Sooners	CCNY Beavers	Texas Longhorns
	Doggie Julian	Bruce Drake	Nat Holman	Jack Gray
1948	Kentucky Wildcats	Baylor Bears	Holy Cross Crusaders	Kansas State Wildcats
	Adolph Rupp	Bill Henderson	Doggie Julian	Jack Gardner
1949	Kentucky Wildcats (2)	Oklahoma A&M Aggies	Illinois Fighting Illini	Oregon State Beavers
	Adolph Rupp (2)	Henry Iba	Harry Combes	Slats Gill
1950	CCNY Beavers	Bradley Braves	NC State Wolfpack	Baylor Bears
	Nat Holman	Forddy Anderson	Everett Case	Bill Henderson
1951	Kentucky Wildcats (3)	Kansas State Wildcats	Illinois Fighting Illini	Oklahoma A&M Aggies
	Adolph Rupp (3)	Jack Gardner	Harry Combes	Henry Iba
1952	Kansas Jayhawks	St. John’s Red Storm	Illinois Fighting Illini	Santa Clara Broncos
	Phog Allen	Frank McGuire	Harry Combes	Bob Feerick
1953	Indiana Hoosiers (2)	Kansas Jayhawks	LSU Tigers	Washington Huskies
	Branch McCracken (2)	Phog Allen	Harry Rabenhorst	Tippy Dye
1954	La Salle Explorers	Bradley Braves	Penn State Nittany Lions	USC Trojans
	Ken Loeffler	Forddy Anderson	Elmer Gross	Forrest Twogood
1955	San Francisco Dons	La Salle Explorers	Iowa Hawkeyes	Colorado Buffaloes
	Phil Woolpert	Ken Loeffler	Bucky O’Connor	Bebe Lee
1956	San Francisco Dons (2)	Iowa Hawkeyes	Temple Owls	SMU Mustangs
	Phil Woolpert (2)	Bucky O’Connor	Harry Litwack	Doc Hayes
1957	North Carolina Tar Heels	Kansas Jayhawks	Michigan State Spartans	San Francisco Dons
	Frank McGuire	Dick Harp	Forddy Anderson	Phil Woolpert
1958	Kentucky Wildcats (4)	Seattle Redhawks	Temple Owls	Kansas State Wildcats
	Adolph Rupp (4)	John Castellani	Harry Litwack	Tex Winter
1959	California Golden Bears	West Virginia Mountaineers	Louisville Cardinals	Cincinnati Bearcats
	Pete Newell	Fred Schaus	Peck Hickman	George Smith
1960	Ohio State Buckeyes	California Golden Bears	NYU Violets	Cincinnati Bearcats
	Fred Taylor	Pete Newell	Lou Rossini	George Smith
1961	Cincinnati Bearcats	Ohio State Buckeyes	St. Joseph’s Hawks **	Utah Utes
	Ed Jucker	Fred Taylor	Jack Ramsay **	Jack Gardner
1962	Cincinnati Bearcats (2)	Ohio State Buckeyes	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	UCLA Bruins
	Ed Jucker (2)	Fred Taylor	Bones McKinney	John Wooden
1963	Loyola (IL) Ramblers	Cincinnati Bearcats	Duke Blue Devils	Oregon State Beavers
	George Ireland	Ed Jucker	Vic Bubas	Slats Gill
1964	UCLA Bruins	Duke Blue Devils	Michigan Wolverines	Kansas State Wildcats
	John Wooden	Vic Bubas	Dave Strack	Tex Winter
1965	UCLA Bruins (2)	Michigan Wolverines	Princeton Tigers	Wichita State Shockers
	John Wooden (2)	Dave Strack	Butch van Breda Kolff	Gary Thompson
1966	Texas Western Miners	Kentucky Wildcats	Duke Blue Devils	Utah Utes
	Don Haskins	Adolph Rupp	Vic Bubas	Jack Gardner
1967	UCLA Bruins (3)	Dayton Flyers	North Carolina Tar Heels	Houston Cougars
	John Wooden (3)	Don Donoher	Dean Smith	Guy Lewis
1968	UCLA Bruins (4)	North Carolina Tar Heels	Ohio State Buckeyes	Houston Cougars
	John Wooden (4)	Dean Smith	Fred Taylor	Guy Lewis
1969	UCLA Bruins (5)	Purdue Boilermakers	North Carolina Tar Heels	Drake Bulldogs
	John Wooden (5)	George King	Dean Smith	Maury John
1970	UCLA Bruins (6)	Jacksonville Dolphins	St. Bonaventure Bonnies	New Mexico State Aggies
	John Wooden (6)	Joe Williams	Larry Weise	Lou Henson
1971	UCLA Bruins (7)	Villanova Wildcats **	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers **	Kansas Jayhawks
	John Wooden (7)	Jack Kraft **	John Oldham **	Ted Owens
1972	UCLA Bruins (8)	Florida State Seminoles	North Carolina Tar Heels	Louisville Cardinals
	John Wooden (8)	Hugh Durham	Dean Smith	Denny Crum
1973	UCLA Bruins (9)	Memphis State Tigers	Providence Friars	Indiana Hoosiers
	John Wooden (9)	Gene Bartow	Dave Gavitt	Bob Knight
1974	NC State Wolfpack	Marquette Warriors	UCLA Bruins	Kansas Jayhawks
	Norm Sloan	Al McGuire	John Wooden	Ted Owens
1975	UCLA Bruins (10)	Kentucky Wildcats	Syracuse Orange	Louisville Cardinals
	John Wooden (10)	Joe B. Hall	Roy Danforth	Denny Crum
1976	Indiana Hoosiers (3)	Michigan Wolverines	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	UCLA Bruins
	Bob Knight	Johnny Orr	Tom Young	Gene Bartow
1977	Marquette Warriors	North Carolina Tar Heels	UNLV Runnin’ Rebels	UNC Charlotte 49ers
	Al McGuire	Dean Smith	Jerry Tarkanian	Lee Rose
1978	Kentucky Wildcats (5)	Duke Blue Devils	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Arkansas Razorbacks
	Joe B. Hall	Bill E. Foster	Digger Phelps	Eddie Sutton
1979	Michigan State Spartans	Indiana State Sycamores	Penn Quakers	DePaul Blue Demons
	Jud Heathcote	Bill Hodges	Bob Weinhauer	Ray Meyer
1980	Louisville Cardinals	UCLA Bruins **	Iowa Hawkeyes	Purdue Boilermakers
	Denny Crum	Larry Brown **	Lute Olson	Lee Rose
1981	Indiana Hoosiers (4)	North Carolina Tar Heels	Virginia Cavaliers	LSU Tigers
	Bob Knight (2)	Dean Smith	Terry Holland	Dale Brown
1982	North Carolina Tar Heels (2)	Georgetown Hoyas	Houston Cougars	Louisville Cardinals
	Dean Smith	John Thompson	Guy Lewis	Denny Crum
1983	NC State Wolfpack (2)	Houston Cougars	Georgia Bulldogs	Louisville Cardinals
	Jim Valvano	Guy Lewis	Hugh Durham	Denny Crum
1984	Georgetown Hoyas	Houston Cougars	Virginia Cavaliers	Kentucky Wildcats
	John Thompson	Guy Lewis	Terry Holland	Joe B. Hall
1985	Villanova Wildcats	Georgetown Hoyas	St. John’s Red Storm	Memphis State Tigers **
	Rollie Massimino	John Thompson	Lou Carnesecca	Dana Kirk **
1986	Louisville Cardinals (2)	Duke Blue Devils	Kansas Jayhawks	LSU Tigers
	Denny Crum (2)	Mike Krzyzewski	Larry Brown	Dale Brown
1987	Indiana Hoosiers (5)	Syracuse Orange	Providence Friars	UNLV Runnin’ Rebels
	Bob Knight (3)	Jim Boeheim	Rick Pitino	Jerry Tarkanian
1988	Kansas Jayhawks (2)	Oklahoma Sooners	Duke Blue Devils	Arizona Wildcats
	Larry Brown	Billy Tubbs	Mike Krzyzewski	Lute Olson
1989	Michigan Wolverines	Seton Hall Pirates	Duke Blue Devils	Illinois Fighting Illini
	Steve Fisher	P. J. Carlesimo	Mike Krzyzewski	Lou Henson
1990	UNLV Runnin’ Rebels	Duke Blue Devils	Arkansas Razorbacks	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
	Jerry Tarkanian	Mike Krzyzewski	Nolan Richardson	Bobby Cremins
1991	Duke Blue Devils	Kansas Jayhawks	North Carolina Tar Heels	UNLV Runnin’ Rebels
	Mike Krzyzewski	Roy Williams	Dean Smith	Jerry Tarkanian
1992	Duke Blue Devils (2)	Michigan Wolverines **	Indiana Hoosiers	Cincinnati Bearcats
	Mike Krzyzewski (2)	Steve Fisher **	Bob Knight	Bob Huggins
1993	North Carolina Tar Heels (3)	Michigan Wolverines **	Kansas Jayhawks	Kentucky Wildcats
	Dean Smith (2)	Steve Fisher **	Roy Williams	Rick Pitino
1994	Arkansas Razorbacks	Duke Blue Devils	Florida Gators	Arizona Wildcats
	Nolan Richardson	Mike Krzyzewski	Lon Kruger	Lute Olson
1995	UCLA Bruins (11)	Arkansas Razorbacks	Oklahoma State Cowboys	North Carolina Tar Heels
	Jim Harrick	Nolan Richardson	Eddie Sutton	Dean Smith
1996	Kentucky Wildcats (6)	Syracuse Orange	Massachusetts Minutemen **	Mississippi State Bulldogs
	Rick Pitino	Jim Boeheim	John Calipari **	Richard Williams
1997	Arizona Wildcats	Kentucky Wildcats	North Carolina Tar Heels	Minnesota Golden Gophers **
	Lute Olson	Rick Pitino	Dean Smith	Clem Haskins **
1998	Kentucky Wildcats (7)	Utah Utes	North Carolina Tar Heels	Stanford Cardinal
	Tubby Smith	Rick Majerus	Bill Guthridge	Mike Montgomery
1999	Connecticut Huskies	Duke Blue Devils	Michigan State Spartans	Ohio State Buckeyes **
	Jim Calhoun	Mike Krzyzewski	Tom Izzo	Jim O’Brien **
2000	Michigan State Spartans (2)	Florida Gators	North Carolina Tar Heels	Wisconsin Badgers
	Tom Izzo	Billy Donovan	Bill Guthridge	Dick Bennett
2001	Duke Blue Devils (3)	Arizona Wildcats	Maryland Terrapins	Michigan State Spartans
	Mike Krzyzewski (3)	Lute Olson	Gary Williams	Tom Izzo
2002	Maryland Terrapins	Indiana Hoosiers	Kansas Jayhawks	Oklahoma Sooners
	Gary Williams	Mike Davis	Roy Williams	Kelvin Sampson
2003	Syracuse Orange	Kansas Jayhawks	Texas Longhorns	Marquette Golden Eagles
	Jim Boeheim	Roy Williams	Rick Barnes	Tom Crean
2004	Connecticut Huskies (2)	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Duke Blue Devils
	Jim Calhoun (2)	Paul Hewitt	Eddie Sutton	Mike Krzyzewski
2005	North Carolina Tar Heels (4)	Illinois Fighting Illini	Louisville Cardinals	Michigan State Spartans
	Roy Williams	Bruce Weber	Rick Pitino	Tom Izzo
2006	Florida Gators	UCLA Bruins	LSU Tigers	George Mason Patriots
	Billy Donovan	Ben Howland	John Brady	Jim Larrañaga
2007	Florida Gators (2)	Ohio State Buckeyes	UCLA Bruins	Georgetown Hoyas
	Billy Donovan (2)	Thad Matta	Ben Howland	John Thompson III
2008	Kansas Jayhawks (3)	Memphis Tigers **	North Carolina Tar Heels	UCLA Bruins
	Bill Self	John Calipari **	Roy Williams	Ben Howland
2009	North Carolina Tar Heels (5)	Michigan State Spartans	Connecticut Huskies	Villanova Wildcats
	Roy Williams (2)	Tom Izzo	Jim Calhoun	Jay Wright
2010	Duke Blue Devils (4)	Butler Bulldogs	Michigan State Spartans	West Virginia Mountaineers
	Mike Krzyzewski (4)	Brad Stevens	Tom Izzo	Bob Huggins
2011	Connecticut Huskies (3)	Butler Bulldogs	Kentucky Wildcats	VCU Rams
	Jim Calhoun (3)	Brad Stevens	John Calipari	Shaka Smart
2012	Kentucky Wildcats (8)	Kansas Jayhawks	Louisville Cardinals **	Ohio State Buckeyes
	John Calipari	Bill Self	Rick Pitino **	Thad Matta
2013	Louisville Cardinals **	Michigan Wolverines	Wichita State Shockers	Syracuse Orange
	Rick Pitino **	John Beilein	Gregg Marshall	Jim Boeheim
2014	Connecticut Huskies (4)	Kentucky Wildcats	Florida Gators	Wisconsin Badgers
	Kevin Ollie	John Calipari	Billy Donovan	Bo Ryan
2015	Duke Blue Devils (5)	Wisconsin Badgers	Kentucky Wildcats	Michigan State Spartans
	Mike Krzyzewski (5)	Bo Ryan	John Calipari	Tom Izzo
2016	Villanova Wildcats (2)	North Carolina Tar Heels	Oklahoma Sooners	Syracuse Orange
	Jay Wright	Roy Williams	Lon Kruger	Jim Boeheim
2017	North Carolina Tar Heels (6)	Gonzaga Bulldogs	South Carolina Gamecocks	Oregon Ducks
	Roy Williams (3)	Mark Few	Frank Martin	Dana Altman
2018	Villanova Wildcats (3)	Michigan Wolverines	Loyola (IL) Ramblers	Kansas Jayhawks
	Jay Wright (2)	John Beilein	Porter Moser	Bill Self
2019	Virginia Cavaliers	Texas Tech Red Raiders	Michigan State Spartans	Auburn Tigers
	Tony Bennett	Chris Beard	Tom Izzo	Bruce Pearl
2020	tournament cancelled
	due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Baylor Bears	Gonzaga Bulldogs	UCLA Bruins	Houston Cougars
	Scott Drew	Mark Few	Mick Cronin	Kelvin Sampson
2022	Kansas Jayhawks (4)	North Carolina Tar Heels	Duke Blue Devils	Villanova Wildcats
	Bill Self (2)	Hubert Davis	Mike Krzyzewski	Jay Wright
2023

** these appearances were later vacated by the NCAA, and therefore are not counted towards either the team’s or coach’s totals

 

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